Dumping device.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

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JOSEPH GILMER, OF AUGlLLA, FLORIDA.

DUMPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed April 30,1907. Serial No. 371,181.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH GILMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aucilla, in the county of Jefferson and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in (lumping devices for wagon beds, cart bodies, or the like, and my object is to provide means for quickly dumping the contents from the body of the vehicle without in any manner tilting the body.

A further object is to so arrange the parts of the dumping device that the contents of the vehicle body will be deposited below the body of the vehicle, and a still further object is to provide means for readily operating the dumping device.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle bed, showing portions of the running gear of the vehicle in section, and my improved dumping device applied thereto, and, Fig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, as seen on line 22 Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the usual form of supporting axle for the vehicle, on which are mounted carrying wheels 2.

Immediately above the axle, and secured thereto in any preferred manner, are bolsters 3, 011 which are mounted my improved form of body or bed, said body preferably consisting of frame sections 5, to which are secured side walls 6 and 7 and end walls 8, and the side walls are preferably so arranged as to cause the body to taper towards its lower end.

The bottom of the body 4 is normally closed by means of a valve 9, the surface of said valve being preferably curved, and is so arranged that when one edge is in engagement with the lower edge of the side wall 6, the opposite edge thereof will rest immediately below the lower edge of the side wall 7, said side wall 7 being of less length than the side wall 6, so that when the valve 9 is operated to open or close the bottom of the body, the valve will travel below the wall 7.

The valve is operatively mounted in position by providing standards 10 at each end thereof, the free ends of said standards being fixed to a shaft 11, which is in turn rotatably mounted in the bolsters 3, so that when the shaft 11 is rotated, the valve 9 will be correspondingly moved inwardly or outwardly, and in order to readily accomplish this result, I secure to one or both ends of the shaft 11 an operating lever 12. It will thus be seen that when it is desired to dump the contents of the body, that by moving the lever 12 outwardly, the valve 9 will likewise be swung outwardly and the contents of the body allowed to descend, the lower end of the wall 7 being so located as to clear the surface of the valve of any material that might adhere thereto. After the contents of the body have descended, the lever 12 is moved in the opposite direction until the inner edge of the valve rests against the lower edge of the side wall 6, and when the valve is in this position, the longitudinal axial plane of the standards will be at an angle to the vertical, so that when the substance to 'be transported is placed within the body the weight thereof will act upon the valve to hold the same firmly into engagement with the side wall 6, and l accomplish the result of disposing the standards at an angle to the vertical by placing the shaft 11 vertically below the lower end of the wall 7.

While I have shown the valve as applied to use in connection with a wagon body, it will be understood that the same may be successfully operated in connection with the body of a cart, or similar vehicle.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical form of dumping device, and one that can be used in connection with various forms of vehicle bodies. It will further be seen that by mounting the dumping valve in the manner described, the weight of the contents of the body will normally hold the valve in its closed position.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a vehicle body and supporting bolsters therefor of a valve adapted to close the lower end of said body, supporting standards for said valve, a shaft rotatably mounted in said bolsters and fixed to said standards, and means to rotate said shaft, whereby the valve will be opened or closed.

2. In a dumping device, the combination with a body having side walls, one of which is shorter than the other, and supporting bolsters for said body; of a valve adapted to close the lower portion of said body, the outer face of said valve being curved, standards for said valve, a shaft rotatably mounted in said bolsters and fixed to said standards, said shaft being substantially in vertical alinemeut with the lower end of the shorter wall, whereby the standards will rest at an angle to the vertical when the valve is opened or closed, and means to rotate the ed in said bolsters, and a lever secured to said shaft, 10

shaft, whereby the valve will be operated. whereby the valve may be operated to open or close the In a dumping device, the combination with a body, lower edge of the body,

having tapered walls, one of which is shorter than the In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this other, and supporting bolsters for said body; of a valve, specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

one edge of which is adapted to engage the lower edge of JOSEPH GILMER.

the longer wall, and the opposite edge thereof restbe- Witnesses:

low the lower edge of the shorter wall, when the valve is A. D. \VALKER,

closed, standards for said Valve, a shaft rotatably mount- 1 J. W. WALKER. 

